Overview
- PolitiFact and USA TODAY report the supposed Truth Social message is absent from Trump's account and archival captures, confirming the screenshot was fabricated.
- The NRA issued a "FAKE NEWS ALERT" on X warning about AI-generated misinformation targeting gun politics after Alex Pretti's killing.
- DHS says Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm handgun, while verified bystander video shows him holding a phone, leaving key details in dispute.
- Trump criticized Pretti for bringing a fully loaded gun with extra magazines in a Wall Street Journal interview and separately posted a photo labeled as "the gunman’s gun."
- Pretti held a lawful concealed-carry permit and had no serious criminal history on record, as bipartisan calls grow for an independent investigation into the shooting.